 promoters you know you guys get artists from let's say Kenya you take them to the US they get to perform in states but this conflict or rather just comments that are always seen on social media whereby we have Kenyan artists with with you know in small halls or in clubs with 15 people I'll tell something to the artists before you choose to work with them because they'll always be somebody who's trying to make quick money and everything you can't stop that it's about the artist to do more due diligence when someone calls you to book you ask for their track record and nowadays when when the age of social media there's full transparency show me the videos show me the pictures of the things that you have done show me which artists you've worked with what venues you've done all these different things so that you know you have an expectation of you have a clear understanding of what you're getting I've been in this business now next year 20 years I'm still here they've come and gone and that's what it is you know even when you look at like I said I love using hip-hop as an example because I'm like Jay-Z there's been many hot people who've come and everything but guess what it's still it is right he's still Jay-Z right and again you you don't chase the numbers because I'll give you an example like right now a little baby is probably you know one of the biggest rappers so his streaming numbers are like crazy right now more than what Jay-Z is yeah but if you really ask the two of them who would rather switch positions do you think Jay-Z would rather be little baby or do you think a little baby would rather be Jay-Z exactly because a little baby understands this is a moment what's up guys a very warm welcome to SPM bars my good name is Miski Finchi and this is bars with stars guys today I am hanging out with a star but before I introduce my star for today I need to tell you guys to subscribe because I mean why not subscribe guys we have great content lined up for you and we also have content that has been put up before so you will enjoy make sure you subscribe now guys my star for today is a very talented DJ he is a promoter as well and other than that he has a hit a hit song that has been gaining so much views on YouTube it's more than a million views in just a few weeks he's going to be telling us is it talent is it just by luck is it strategy and fully focus the dimension heat maker is here in studio today thank you for having me that's an amazing intro thank you we have that recorded and just used that every interview thank you thank you how you doing I'm doing wonderful how about you very good very good and you just told me that you've said why yes but I haven't heard of it and I'm sure there's some of our subscribers that you know yeah don't know as well so why fully focus yeah so when I was starting out in the business like I was a big student I still a big student of successful people and every time I would listen to or watch or read their biographies all of them kept saying if you want to attain anything in life you got to focus you got to focus you got to fully focus and I was like you know I didn't want to just a regular name like DJ Michael whatever it is I wanted a name that will be a mantra a way of and so I adopted it because it's not my way of doing things whatever I put my mind to I fully focus on it so it's a way of life a way of thinking and as they say words become things and that's what I thought all manifestation now we know in case you didn't know now we know now you know you started off as a DJ yeah you're still you're still sure yeah but now I want to know fully focus okay let's just stay focused mm-hmm why did you do music because dimension is your first song right no dimension is like my fifth song I started the first song I the first song record I released was back in 2020 okay it's a song featuring it's called rush it's featuring Ashinsky Vanessa M. Day from Tanzania and Fick from Micah from Uganda yeah yeah yeah so there's that and then I did some songs with other guy Ay from Tanzania and Slap D from Zambia then I have two three other records even Night Boy released a song with him but dimension is the first one that has really become like a million yes yes yes and a big part of that also obviously the amazing but also it was the first time I was able to shoot a video a visualizer for it because the other songs I released during the pandemic and it was right before as that pandemic was hitting so I couldn't be able to promote them couldn't be able to shoot videos people in different places so everything worked perfectly for this one to be able to do that how I got into music is because after you spend so many years as a DJ you get to understand crowd psychology what makes them move what kind of beats what kind of melodies the kinds of thing and at some point I was like I think I'm curious about this I started about five years ago getting into more production producing a little bit then I started working with people who are phenomenal at producing like St. Pete from Kenya shout out the St. Pete one of the best ever and a few other producers here and there so I started learning along the way and now I was able to you know collaborate and create something that I'm very grateful for that is connected with a lot of people oh that's beautiful now you know just reminded me now about the song with Nya Shinsky and Nessa and you know I had that song and then later on when Dimension came out and you know you know the YouTube proposes sure for sure for sure yeah yeah the song came up and I'm like this is the guy that I mentioned yes yeah for sure so over the years I've been one of the biggest I call myself an African ambassador because I've been one of the big people pushing African music on the global scale for the longest time whether it's with doing the mixtape collaborations I would do with major laser and that kind of thing so I'd feature a lot of different African artists so over the years those relationships just improved and got better as well as doing shows over there so when it was time for me to do music it was easier for me to be able to have these conversations with these artists because I've already supported them see you know and you know a lot of people like to lead with asking we should always lead with giving before you ask first to give help somebody in their journey and then when it's time for your journey then they'll be able to help so that's how it came it came about absolutely nice now did you actually expect the kind of reaction or rather the kind of you know the kind of love the dimension has gotten you know like let me tell you yeah I knew when we got done with that song that this was like a monster I knew it was like this is different this is special and I knew it would connect with people and I still think it's gonna go even way much further because it just started but knowing and experiencing are two different things you know when you actually see how people are responding to it when they sing it when they tag you and you know there's a feeling that I can't even explain it there's no way I would have anticipated that feeling and it's it's an amazing feeling and I'm so grateful for everybody who has played it streamed it requested shared it and and everything so I'm just grateful please give us a vast of your favorite part of dimension my favorite part is when bien says if you want to chill with the winner if you want to chill with the winner pull up on her you know pull up on her I must say ninja I'm not gonna say that if you want to win up pull up on a ninja and the clinician my isha right it's that flex of I got this yes so you know come through and everything and knowing that absolute confidence of knowing you're a winner and everything and you know being able to step up to a lady and be like hey listen I got this man but actually but the bed the funny thing is the best actually sound okay that what happened it wasn't by mistake but it wasn't kind of supposed to be so he was recording then was recording you know the pre-hook and then before he went into dimension he just said mm-hmm I think it's dimension when you hear that mm-hmm it's just you know taboo in in a kid just it's so it's also yeah okay you guys do you love that let me tell you see Joe make would you enter but I mentioned is a song that has been on rewind for sure well now thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you and I and my hope is that that was my hope I wanted to be one of those songs where you just don't get tired listening to it playing it and and it continues and continues on and on and it it not only makes us proud as Kenyans to represent our music on an international level but it also gives light to another rest of the world they're like okay this song is catching fire all over the world what else is in Kenya so I wanted to be able to be something that turns the light on to Kenya and people like what else is going on in Kenya it expands the conversation for sure and it just turned out that you know now being is this doing solo collaborations you know I saw this and I mean it was it was well it was this perfect timing absolutely yeah now you just mentioned about you know music just being global and you have been very vocal when it comes to African music yeah now there's a time you spoke about how African countries do not support each other to take our music outside there yeah and I feel like I truly agree with you because I feel like we are really struggling as Africans other than Nigerians absolutely what do you feel Nigerians decided to do different yeah so it's a little controversial it's a little controversial and actually my thing was a little bit more about Nigeria so in this cross over of African music there's been two phases 2010 2011 to 2015 and then 2016 to current between 2010 and 2015 all Africans just were supporting anyone who's from Africa we didn't care who it was is it day is it diamond is it David is it ways is it who we didn't care we just wanted one of us to blow up on the international scene okay but in 2016 as opportunity started you know opening up like one dance and you know all these different things Drake you know all these big artists started and a lot of things started opening then you started seeing this division where you know they're like oh no no actually this is our sound Afro beats is our sound kind of like you guys figure yourselves out and everything which felt which made people feel a little cheated like I thought we're all in this together right it's one Africa when you need my support but one country when it's time to share there you know the shine in everything which is what has happened up to this point so even right now when you see with the term Afro beats you notice that obviously like I said with all due respect that it did originate from Nigeria but the the problem with that is it locks out other Africans from enjoying the opportunities that come with African music yet they have contributed to the growth and success of Afro beats for instance if you take the song Joanna by Afro beat is one of the biggest songs right all over the world even so Cardi B trace songs all these people singing worldwide but Afro beat is from Ivory Coast right you take the song Ja Ja Oh Ja Ja by Ayanna Kamura it's like 800 or 900 million views on YouTube one of the biggest songs but she's from Mali and France you take Jerusalem master KG from South Africa I think you know 500 600 million views they are not from Nigeria but they contribute to the growth of Afro beats so don't they deserve the same opportunities and chances that everybody does because when people listen to those three songs YouTube recommends all these are the playlists do recommend like artists the WizKids the burners and everything you see what I'm saying so it's only fair because they are helping pushing the movie so I think what needs to happen is there needs to be a democratization of the word Afro beats Afro beats now needs to evolve to be the sound of African beats right not just we will always have sub-genres we will always have bongo genge ton you know kudurozook all these different we'll always have all this stuff quite tour and everything but as the umbrella term I think Afro beats it's time it evolves to be the parent um you know the umbrella name umbrella time for all African music so all Africans can be able to benefit but how do you think we're gonna achieve that we it's the hardest thing because we are still very divided we're still very segregated and it's a downfall for us right so I'll give you an example if you look in hip-hop hip-hop started in like 1970s right but over the years there's been other types of hip-hop that have become like popular like gangster rap in the LA in the 90s then there's boom bop rap then there's krunk in ATL and and all these different things but regardless of which region they came from they still benefited from the term hip-hop it wasn't like now you have to start labeling it again right and it didn't matter where that person was from as long as they're representing hip-hop look at some of the biggest ambassadors Drake he's from Canada Eminem was from Detroit Tupac even though born in New York was from you know LA but they did more to push the genre forward hip-hop right which means for 40 years hip-hop has just been benefiting from growth after growth after growth regardless of where someone is from yes as opposed to what we're doing where one region gets to enjoy 80s was sucus okay the Congolese enjoy 90s was a little don't below and quite oh they enjoy that two thousands was coup de calais right they enjoy that 2010s has been afro beats it's Nigerian joy that and now we sing I'm a piano pull-up the problem is it's not a continuation of a big umbrella that's growing growing growing it's like every 10 we're we're restarting we're restarting you see and so it's a dead it's it's not good we need to we need to we need to we need to be able to come together if we expect this thing to be bigger you know I'm for the long-term and everything but it's a tough battle because and it's not just the music we see it even with trade and other different avenues that with them the day Africa truly comes as one and understands we need each other and touchable untouchable you know that reminds me just the other day I was going through my tiktok and I came across this video Chris I think first of all was that Chris Brown was performing he was dancing to a Nigerian song I don't know I think Komali's yeah cuz he's on the remix no no it's on it's a Mona Lisa with Lojay because he's on the remix and then he's dancing some a piano violin yeah on that comment section South Africans and Nigerians were fighting they were fighting wow no this is he's dancing to a piano no he's saying so think about this right again if I use hip-hop you'll rarely find you know someone from you know New York and Atlanta arguing about who owns it cuz it's still all hip-hop even if they are different regions and have different sounds it's still all hip-hop you see what I'm saying should be Africa that's what I'm saying but you can't call it African music so Afro beats makes the most sense because also there's been ten years of marketing the term Afro beats so it's we can't start like now trying to introduce you know new terms and everything if we the more we try to do that the more we lose out on the world so every time we just need to understand this is the umbrella term it is acceptable to you know anyone and everyone who is of African descent or represents that but there's other shops other genres that are gonna come you know under eight and everything so that's what I know the more you're elaborating the more I have more questions because I'm just remembered about Swahili culture and I feel like they are more under have been pushing that and I meant to understand that we are just meant to push Swahili to most of the African countries that you know speak Swahili for them yeah yeah which is which is no it's not a problem because I do believe everybody should be authentic I do believe you should stick to you know what you're strong at what you're good at however above that there still should be this you know this umbrella term so that as you're pushing this you get to benefit from all the work that's been put in for this umbrella term for you to you know whatever it is because even when you look at in the music industry itself whether it's people who work at the the platforms that are helping push this music globally YouTube Spotify Apple and everything the Africans who work in these places all the big record labels Universal Sony they're not all from one country they're from different countries but they're all pushing it in the name of this is for Africa is you know what I'm saying yes but there has to be this which is what I you know I spoke about this reciprocity where I'm supporting you you support me you see kind of like what I said earlier before you ask or before you take give you know like that thing and if you've been supported and benefited from an audience from a certain country and other people then it's only fair for you to do the same thing invite these artists from different countries to come perform you know in your in your country and everything not just you going going going taking taking taking after a while you can only milk the cow so long without feeding it after while it kicks for sure it does now that is quite an aberration let's talk about now been a promoter because what what when did you live Kenya when did I leave Kenya out 98 98 yes we're even born come on I was born I was a compliment so that's a good thing I was actually in school I was actually in school probably class one anyway promoters you know you guys get artists from let's say Kenya you take them to the US they get to perform in states but this this this this conflict or rather just comments that I'll always seen on social media whereby we have Kenyan artists with with you know in small halls or in clubs with 15 people you know and they are super stars here what do you think is the problem as a promoter is it the problem of marketing the promoter has not yet done their job very well or is it just the branding of our Kenyan artists that are not able to pull a bigger crowd compared to the Nigerian counterparts yeah so when I started doing events in 2006 one of the reasons I started doing it is to change that because when I got into the scene there was a lot of that where they were doing events and halls and everything and I didn't like how it was representing us so one of my goals was to elevate the quality and the brand the Kenyan brand so I never used to do those halls and everything so I would get actually proper venues to that when the artists come they get treated like stars they get to enjoy so I've done for over the years shows with you know nameless and Joakali you know as well as our top DJs the Pines the you know Adriens and John's arm and everything and later on did like Salty Souls first US tour right and my thing was always about you have to represent things on a high international level right you have to respect it nothing I've ever done did I ever think I want to be the best Kenyan DJ the best Kenyan promoter no I wanted to be the best DJ who happens to be Kenyan the best promoter who happens to be Kenyan the difference with that is when you say you're the best Kenyan this you're that means you're doing it by those standards that I've been said as opposed to I am the best this that means globally if let's say it's you as a host rather than trying to be the best host in Kenyan host you're just the best host you compare yourself and you study the best hosts that you know on a global scale yes and it just so happens to be that you're Kenyan you see so that was always my approach to make sure that the standards exceed and that is how I was able to build a strong brand a strong name and that's why to this day when I do any events out there they're always sold out because people have come to trust the brand they've trusted me to give them guarantee quality and something that they will be proud to bring their non Kenyan friends to and say this is how we actually party this is how we look so I make our people look good and that's the one differentiating factor that I had that has allowed me to be in the business this long okay so what is it that you'd like to tell you know some of the promoters that are doing the same thing as you but then our stars have been portrayed like you know like so I wouldn't even tell anything to the promoters I'll tell something to the artists before you choose to work with them because they'll always be promoters they'll always be somebody who's trying to make quick money and everything you can't stop that it's about the artist to do more due diligence when someone calls you to book you ask for their track record and nowadays when when the age of social media there's full transparency show me the videos show me the pictures of the things that you have done show me which artists you've worked with what venues you've done all these different things so that you know you have an expectation of you have a clear understanding of what you're getting into not because somebody calls you and said hey come get this money and then you run no do reference checks and that kind of thing because there are promoters who are known who will book an artist and they'll pay that deposit but they may not pay the balance or they'll fly an artist and leave them stranded and all that kind of nonsense but but but that was excusable at first when those are the first instances instances at this point there's no excuse for an artist to to be in that situation when it's already known who are the right people and who are the wrong people and the track records have been shown and and things have been printed so I would say artists DJs do before you accept any you know offering don't be quick to you know run to the money not all money is good money you also have a branch to protect right and I've also learned the hard way myself there's gigs I've done you know where I was like I wish I didn't even did you know did that because that person wasn't as professional as they pretended to be so you become more thorough in filtering that process I mean I I agree especially with the due diligence because I've had artists complain of all they went with the wrong visa I mean you know getting artists to stay in your house when Nigerian artists coming with your manager yeah a Kenyan artist is not even allowed to go with your manager and yeah well again I that's that's on the artist that's not because because you know we're talking about grown men and women okay you have the right to do your homework you have the right to refuse you don't have to nobody's forcing you nobody's kidnapping you and forcing you to go right you everyone can approach you but before you go you know I mean we were all taught as little don't go with strangers right first of all figure out who's this person you know that kind of thing and again now that you know these horror stories of people you know not delivering what they're supposed to and whatever it is no say so so for instance even when someone is booking me I have certain standards there are certain things that you know this is this is what I need this is what I want and this is how I'll work and guess what some people will say you know what I can't afford that and well and good then some people will perceive that as guess what that is the person you actually do not want to work with because that means they don't respect the value of your brand you see what I'm saying you should work with people who say I get it they are professional they've put in time and work into their craft to be worth this and the reason I'm even reaching out to them is because I know what value they're gonna give me in my business whether it's as a promoter for the shows or for the customers so it's about you maintaining your standards and sometimes at first you will lose but in the long run you will gain because at some point we will be like okay this guy is not budging we need to give him what he wants and then word starts traveling and people respect that so you have to maintain your ground you have to decide what your value is know what your worth is put your foot down this is what you do and be it and and don't budge don't budge you lose for a long for a short period of time but you win for a long period of time. Losing is what most creatives don't like waiting for you know but it's worth it. It's it's absolutely worth it you know there's a saying that says it takes 10 to 15 years to be an overnight success that means that's the time you're putting in you know your work but it's also that time you're putting in to improve on the quality of your brand experience you know for instance the way I started doing actually events was I used to just you know be a DJ in different clubs and and then promoters would book me and I started getting a little fan base but my fans would come to me and be like look I love the way you play music I have fun but I hate this venue I hate coming here because one they treated us like crap at the door you know the place was dirty you know there's somebody who's doing here whatever it is and I quickly realized even though I'm just a DJ at that point I it affects my brand so I need to take control of that consumer experience how do I do that I need to be the one choosing the venue I need to be the one choosing who to work with and everything so that when the promoter when the customer comes I am in full control of the experience from the from the door to the bar to all these different things that they experience and that helped me a lot in giving my audience a way a much better experience you see so yeah it's just taking control is that something DJs are willing to do or they just want the easy money exactly so you can do that but you can do that but like I said long-term it has been now when you become a promoter it comes with losses that's a fact that's a fact it does that or sometimes you have to take less because you're constantly reinvesting but I think it was Tyler Perry who said it best he said if you eat a little you eat longer right so sometimes you take less but you eat for a longer time and again you have to think long-term you have to think long-term especially in the world of entertainment there's always gonna be some younger better hot you know whatever someone buzzing and everything who's gonna come and make noise you cannot chase the noise you cannot chase the noise because you can now you'll never catch the noise the noise keeps coming and going what you have to do is say this is what I stand for this is what I believe in and this is what I'm gonna deliver to my people I'm gonna constantly deliver this to my people they're gonna be newer noisy are people who are gonna come but guess what I've been in this business now next year 20 years I'm still here they've come and gone and and that's what it is you know even when you look at like I said I love using hip-hop as an example because I'm like Jay-Z there's been many hot people who've come and everything but guess what it's still it is right he's still Jay-Z right and again you you don't chase the numbers because I'll give you an example like right now a little baby is probably you know one of the biggest rappers so his streaming numbers are like crazy right now more than what Jay-Z is but if you really ask the two of them who would rather switch positions do you think Jay-Z would rather be little baby or do you think a little baby would rather be Jay-Z exactly because little baby understands this is a moment but that is a career Jay-Z has a career he has longevity he has decades he has gone through the hot cold hot cold and everything so you have to be able to think long-term and be like it's not just about now now now and you can't be worried about who's doing this who's doing that people will come and go maintain your ground and and you know give value think long-term think more of your brand not just you know get get get now now now are you guys listening to Jui Kamam Naskiza because this is something you can take home for sure it not just even in entertainment but just generally in life and how he thinks you're putting into work sounds good excellent guys he has traveled the world he has met so many people so they think he's saying he's actually thinks he has experienced for sure I saw you with a picture with a corn yeah I was just wondering are you like boys or you just met and you know hung out with that an icon yeah I don't know yeah so the funny thing is he is actually a friend of mine and actually a business partner oh yeah so launched our music festival seven years ago called passport experience and then I hit him up so I actually met him once many years before but we lost touch so when I was putting together my music festival I reached out to him and I wanted him to be the host okay and so he agreed he came he hosted it he loved it so much and he said I want to grow this thing with you and so he you know he became my we formed a joint venture became a partner at it and we started doing it in you know different markets him and another gentleman called Shaka Zulu who is you know the rapper Ludacris so his business manager is also my business partner and he now runs things that oh he's a head of artist relationship at Spotify yeah so so yeah so that relationship with a gun I wouldn't say we are boys boys buddy buddy it's more of a business relationship but oftentimes good business relationships turn into friendships right and so yeah so that's how that relationship came about now passport experience yes I see you have you you you have some of the experience now is it something that is continuing now or is it just a one-off thing that people could come through and just you know for sure yeah so I actually started doing passport experience in Kenya in 2019 okay so I started Atlanta 2015 did Los Angeles Las Vegas New York a few other cities then in Kenya started doing 19 when I first did it I did a hang-up party at Wilson Airport oh okay yes I wanted something different something unique and it was a great experience but we I didn't get any turnout it was very low the turnout was low I thought oh maybe if I get a bunch of DJs who are known and whatever I didn't know it doesn't work there so then yeah that's when I realized I have to build my own presence my own brand here and I had to put in work so I started playing a lot of different places and then started doing the event first monthly at Alchemist and then 2020 even with the what do you call it with the the pandemic I still did a few of those a few residences here and there and then now this year started expanding outside of traditional clubs into other spaces so I did Steadmark Gardens in Karen then Junction Mall on May 1st and so now I have another one coming up next weekend on Sunday August 7th it's a daytime block party starts during the day ends at 10 p.m. and I do keep my time okay okay and and the whole theme around is 90s and 2000s music so if you grew up in the 90s or 2000s you like that kind of music that's what the venue again Junction Mall rooftop on the Sunday the 7th and guess what that is the last day of party before the elections so you have to go all out before the elections okay that is a selling point you guys need to come through now forecast let's just dive a bit you know into your life show show show and your career I say you're so close to your family yes you know you'll be posting your mom your grandma your nephew and I was just wondering no I can see you're so close to your family yeah how important is family to you family is everything family is everything because family is what has made me who I am you know I was raised by a single mother she was a school teacher and she did everything for us as much so everything I always say mama is my wife everything I am doing is to make her proud is to make her happy so my mother's brought us you know very well I'm so grateful for my siblings as well my brother my sister my brother sister and they've always been really good and and so I'm it's the greatest gift there's nothing you can compare it to you know you the goal is to is is hopefully to create generational well that my family can enjoy and everybody who's connected to me can enjoy you know forever my nephew is you know I don't have kids myself at the moment so my nephew is one you know I didn't grow up without a father and I was used to be a little edgy about that until I my nephew was born and I decided I'm gonna be to him what I wish someone was to me okay and so I do make an effort to try and be there as much as possible to maintain to guide him and that kind of thing to challenge him and that kind of thing so that's what it is and then my my my grandmother I'm very grateful she's 96 okay and she's doing very well and she still has a big sense of humor and and I love being around her and and just soaking in the wisdom of how do you get there how do you get to that place what are the keys to life and everything so I I take pride in getting to know I'm actually gonna see you this Sunday oh I have to come see this okay okay I know your grandma is worried about something I want to know now that you decided you know you want to be this father to your nephew what is that one lesson that you want to instill in him the one lesson that I will I I constantly push to him to understand that he is his own identity right like follow your own dreams right be yourself you know you we all create ourselves you know whatever it is that you want to do go after it go after it in life don't let anyone tell you can't accomplish anything and you can't do this dream big go far because you know he's what he's turning 13 actually today yeah and and he's coming in a generation where one there's so much influence coming from society governments schools and everything about who you are and what you should do and that kind of thing and the one thing I constantly try to be I remember who you are you know one of my favorite movies is actually Lion King I don't know and there's a part where a Simba after his father you know died Mufasa he's taken to this river to look in the in the in the river to see his reflection and the spirit of his father talks to him and said I'm not upset with you because you are afraid of what's going on I'm upset with you because you forgot who you are he was telling remember who you are you are a son of a king your son of a leader so act like it walk like it and everything and it's a great reminder that all of us we should remember that we should remember who we are and where we come from and walk proudly in that there's life is gonna throw you off there's gonna be many influences but no influences but remember who you are and if you can remember who you are you can be able to detach from what everyone else is doing to follow your own path to follow your own path be your own individual have your own identity and everything will work out very important very important now let's go back to your grandmother fully focused grandmother is worried because she says fully focused comes to see her alone all the time and she intends to create a committee that's hilarious that you know that but it's very true she's not like this is very true so every time I go to see her she's always like you again you come here alone again like the last time she was she I saw she shook my hand she's like no it's not like it's not that you're ugly it's not that you have a bad heart what is the problem you know so I've actually actually been several relationships long-term yeah no I'm saying for like all my my life right I do keep my private life very private so a lot of people don't necessarily know yeah yeah I do like to protect that and keep that private so I've always been actually a relationships person but after my last relationship which ended about three years ago okay I decided I'm gonna put that chapter a little bit on hold as I continue working on my empire because as I say my next relationship is gonna be my last relationship it's the settling down it's a serious and I'm very picky I'm very picky because you know getting getting getting women is not a challenge that's not a life partner a life partner is a completely different thing because it's beyond the attraction it's beyond the physical right it's about how mindset it's about her energy it's about her spirit it's about her values it's about who she is right and that's not something you're gonna get just easily here and there and so I'm not in a rush necessarily for that because I know that once I make that decision it's a for life decision it's a for life decision and and so yes I'm very picky and patient about that situation who you who your partner is or who you have kids with or who you get to marry can literally make your life heaven or hell and so I'm willing to gauge and wait on that and I mean no setting for less a hundred never when you again when you know your worth when you know your value and you know who you are and you've done a lot of internal work to deal with your own flaws issues and everything I'm definitely not perfect by a long shot I have my shortcomings and everything I'm aware of that but I also want to be with someone who's aware of that as well in themselves don't come here thinking you are perfect because the minute you do that you will not own up to your mistakes and you will not challenge yourself to grow and when I'm challenging you just like I want you to challenge me and hold me accountable you will take offense to that and that's more of an ego trip rather than maturity of okay this is I appreciate this person for telling me what I'm doing wrong because we all have blind spots right I'm appreciate this person for calling me out on my BS and challenging me as opposed to taking offense because you've gotten away with so much because of your looks and everything sweetheart I've had I've been with models actresses and all kinds of things so I'm not worried about that's not that's not what does it for me so yeah so I look beyond just the call everything it's it's it's more about this and this yeah relationship tip 101 from fully focus is your relationship like that what's going on there follow me for more relationship advice still that you know topic do you feel like I mean relationship are beautiful yeah for sure but do you feel like they hold people back when it comes to how they perform and their productivity if you don't you know yeah absolutely if you do not so this is why you do have to take time to first of all know who you are yeah you know know thyself know who you are and you know after a certain age when you hit maybe 30 or something if not late 20s at least you have a good sense of who you are their habits you can change their habits you probably may not be able to change and once you know who you are you want to get with someone who is able to add on to that and someone who you who is able to tolerate your flavor of crazy because we all have crazy there's no perfect person everyone has some issues everyone has you know all kinds of things and so you it's like once you know who you are when you're presenting yourself to someone you're now honest about hey this is this is you know this is you know who I am and the hope is that individual has done enough work on themselves to know who they are so that they can also be aware of their own weaknesses and shortcomings and everything right so that they're not trying to portray one thing and then all of a sudden they explode to be something else yeah so that's the first thing the second thing I believe is about honesty I'm very honest about what I know what are my strengths what are my weaknesses and everything and and honest about here's what I'm willing to do here's what I cannot do so my career is a big part and my businesses and everything that's a big part in everything so I'm not I'm not I'm not the guy who's gonna be with you day in day out that's not me I'm not the guy who's gonna spend all kinds of hours with you every weekend that's not me I'm busy doing some things but I'm not gonna neglect you I will still spend time with you it just may not be in the kind of schedule you're used to guy maybe a regular guy who's working a regular 9 to 5 and everything you know mine is a little bit different anybody who's been with an entrepreneur understands that comes with the territory that it's a little bit different now you as a partner as a woman you have to be honest and be like I know myself do I need that much attention that I can't be able to handle that or am I not the person who needs that much attention so that works for me as well because maybe I'm also very busy with my work or I'm just my personality just doesn't need that kind of thing you see what I'm saying but if you don't know you're just going in then now you will stop bringing your frustrations because I'm not spending enough time with you right and yet I told you what I do but you're not understanding why is this frustrating you because you're trying to make yourself because of the attraction you're trying to change who you are to fit my life yet that's not truly what is compatible to you you do need a guy who's with you 24 7 or day-in day-out and everything and there are guys out there there are people whose love language is pending quality time absolutely exactly some is quality time some is words of affirmation some is gifts some is you know you know acts of service right as touch so they can't do long distance exactly so but that only comes in handy when you know yourself don't lie to yourself be honest with yourself so that when you and then and then now being upfront about that you know with somebody up front when you're talking to somebody and you realize this this this might be that one just put it like this let me tell you these are the three most important things to me all those are the things we can you know we can buy us we can compromise but for me these are the three most important like it for me in my case it's about honesty respect and loyalty those are the three most important everything else is pretty much negotiable in anything yeah so yeah okay I feel like we actually just don't talk about things just get into a relationship you know we love each other let's do this but again in the long run it gets into trouble no it's fun when it's just dating but when it's actually a serious commitment long-term relationship you gotta have these conversations dating for marriage these things you should know absolutely I'm saying some people dating is more you know passing time company having fun and everything right there's a difference between that and okay I want to spend the rest of my life with this person or I want to grow with this person once you because you can't experience that with every if you experience that with everybody else there's something broken inside everybody can't be the perfect life partner right so you have to be selective right you know and you have to know you know my mindset is always I'm the opportunity I know what I'm doing I know what I'm bringing here and it's not coming from place of superiority it's coming from a place of like I said doing that self-work right that I don't need you to be happy I'm happy with myself right I'm happy with my imperfect self I'm happy with my flawed self I'm happy see I'm it's not it doesn't mean that I got it all together I have many issues but I'm I'm content so I'm not coming to you to fix me I am working on me but I want someone who's also working on them right you know what you're worth but you also know what needs to be done and everything and it's very hard to see that because most people are spending so much time distracting themselves from facing the mirror with sometimes it's going out sometimes being you know social media sometimes it's it's it's surrounding yourself with so many friends that you get uncomfortable being by yourself no you gotta sit alone and deal with your own yeah enjoy your own company and everything cuz if you don't enjoy your company no one is gonna enjoy a company with you you cannot enjoy your company you will just stress the other person to be honest if you cannot sit still without I need to call I need to talk I need someone around me there's there's something that's that's telling you that you're a bit nervous about being by yourself what is that right it's okay for you to experience that but you need to ask yourself why is that what's going on here what do I need to deal with right don't run away from it a pretty you know accept the pain accept the uncomfortable thing but get down to it question yourself whole things you know accountable eventually when you get to the truth then you become sober about okay this is who I am this is who I am not I am then you stop immediately you stop trying to be a version that you've projected to people and immediately you stop trying to be like someone else you're like I'm not that person I am not this and the more you do that you stop becoming more comfortable in your own skin and then now you start seeing the confidence even showing some more so by the time someone is stepping up to you and telling you you know things so even when you have a disagreement with someone who you're dating or whatever it is when they try to tell you who you are you're like I know why I have already done exactly so now you're not trying to change who you are to please someone who had a completely distorted picture of who you are now you see having traveled the world interacted with so many people I'll let you know what is that one lesson that you didn't know about that you picked over the years has been very helpful wow for you in your own in your individual life private life yeah yes that's a that's heavy because there's been many lessons so there's personal lessons and there's career lessons let me first start with the easier one which is career lessons what I've learned is yeah it's a marathon word to me it's not a race it's a marathon take your time decide what your pace is gonna be and make peace with it don't chase success attract success become just if you continue working on yourself you start attracting a lot of opportunities you start trying to whatever it is it's not about other people it's about yourself and understand everyone who you see that you admire no matter how accomplished they are no matter how wealthy they are no matter how good-looking they are they all have flaws and they will have fears the difference is they feel the fear and plunge ahead they still do it I'm still you see what you said at the beginning how you know I don't know how you got anxious doing the interview and this is a this is a very normal thing I'm telling you no matter how many interviews you do you will always feel that a little bit of that when you just when you're about to and it just whatever but guess what you don't stop and like two minutes into it you don't even notice it you don't even remember it that's the same thing with any and everyone no matter how good you are you get a little nervous into that little thing that's okay just do it just do it and push through and you'll be surprised what you can do we're very interestingly wired that whenever you find yourself doubting yourself second-guessing yourself not sure of yourself or looking at other people and saying man I wish listen the cure for fear is action okay the more you do things that are uncomfortable the more you start getting confidence the more you and the more you get confidence the more your self-esteem raise rises yeah more you just keep doing just keep us and guess what if you do it and you fail it doesn't matter get back up do it again do not waste your time listening please I'm gonna forget the camera yeah do not waste your time listening to people who are not actively pursuing their dreams they will sit at home and criticize everything that you're doing yet they don't have the guts to go after what they want if you are out there pursuing your dream understand you will fail you will fall but the goal is to get back up figure out what can I do differently this time and go back at it and when you fall get back again if you're a let's say a parent and you're trying to teach your baby how to walk right how many chances would you give that baby to walk before you say give up you'll never you let that baby walk and fall until they get it right same thing with success same thing with life okay you're here for a reason if you're still alive there's a lot of people who left if you're still alive that means you have a purpose and you have something you're supposed to accomplish so get back up go after it fall down get back up learn tweak adjust do whatever the hell you have to do but never ever ever ever give up pivot change do whatever you have to do but keep going do not listen to anyone who is not actively out there getting their asses kicked by pursuing their dream that's all okay okay okay all right that was really good now as we wind up you mentioned the way back that you you feel like clubs should just bring back you know the dance floor yes because the vibe is no longer how is that yeah it's I hate playing in these bars I'm gonna tell you upfront because first of all I'm a performer and I'm bringing energy and I'm coming my goal is to use music to help you escape all the things you've gone through yeah whether it was work issues family issues relationship issues whatever bad week you had when you're coming out there my job is to give you this music to play songs that'll make you just forget about all those problems for a few hours how am I gonna make you forget when you're just sitting down at the bar looking at your phone I mean so now do you know what it does as a performer you know I said this the other day a performer is only as good as his audience okay no matter how talented someone is if the audience isn't reciprocating that energy the people don't get to see that the value of that DJ or that artist or that performer whether you're violinist or whatever it is so I stopped forcing my talent on audiences if you're not giving me the energy that I know I'm giving you okay I pull back I pull back I'm not let's play the iPod let's just them you know cuz you could have stated you could have just come in played music on this you know somewhere yeah and background music yeah right I mean you don't need to be there I don't I don't need to be there but I'm giving you a performance I'm giving you energy I'm giving you everything engage right imagine going to a concert everyone is sitting down on their phones looking who wants to perform you know in that kind of environment and so I do believe and understand why clubs started doing that from a business perspective they make more money off-tables and that kind of thing I get it right so rather than having just open dance floor and that kind of I get it but it doesn't necessarily mean that we should eliminate it completely I still feel it should be a designated space where people can come dance have a good time it just brings a different energy and so you find you go you sit down but every now and then you get you know get back up and and do that and we're slowly seeing that now kind of revive back there's a very few venues first of all that have that here one of the reasons I like doing you know Alchemist my event there is because of that there's that down so we feed off each other I give them as much they give me as much and everything the audience it just becomes and you leave there feeling like man I really had a good time right most of the time when you actually think about it in the bars it's rarely that you leave there saying I had a good time you leave there saying I was drunk you see what I'm saying because you're actually in a bar actually going to sit down and drink and so and I am there's nothing wrong with that that's what you're going for but like I said as a performer I want to be in a place where people came to yes drink socialize but also you know dance their butt off and just you know enjoy and have a good time man yeah all right if you want to enjoy and have a good time you need to go to passport experience at a junction on the 7th yes it's on a Sunday Sunday August the 7th from noon till 10 p.m. it's passport experience day block party that's noon till 10 p.m. it's a 90s and 2000s event we're gonna have myself I'm gonna be playing John Roba homeboys is gonna be playing DJ Adrian is gonna be playing G money is gonna be playing and we'll have different activations taking you you know on a musical journey back in time or rather should I say taking you another dimension no pun intended talk about that right what's crazy and meeting in dimension and how we know I think you mentioned the area yeah yeah but yeah you'll tie that into it it was a short way how I did the first tour and then we started just maintaining a good relationship and then when I came here last year we got together and you know already you know put together the track with St. P and then just maybe and and we went into the studio knocked it out shout out to be in shot the Ben's hole was part of that session as well and yeah just came out with magic how is it working with this this talented people I mean just putting your minds together how let me tell you something it's unexplainable you know it's a very spiritual process because you don't plan it you don't you can't force it you're just getting ideas from letter right whether it's when you're making the beat it's different things that are coming to you whether it's songwriting it's different things that are coming to you and you and and it just slowly happens and it's a very mad scientist situation where people are mumbling they're thinking of things and oh that line that like that's the line you know and everything and then someone else adds on everything so the best part is the collaborative process and everything you don't have to do everything by yourself even the biggest artist the Kanye's and and beyond and Beyonce's and Drake's if you look at the credits on their songs and albums it's a group of people who came together so if the biggest artist who mastered this thing I've done forever do it as a group who are you to force yourself to try and do it by yourself yeah and you guys created a masterpiece if you haven't checked out dimension I don't know what you're doing but you're playing yourself you need to check out dimension by will you focus featuring bn yes thank you so much thank you for having me I've enjoyed this interview that was a good conversation I've spoken about things I haven't spoken to someone about you know especially about promoters for sure and you've given us a wide range of information and things we didn't know about thank you thank you so much great questions you're a great interviewer thank you somebody I can learn from her okay so thank you for having me and yeah look forward to again thank you for everybody for the support whether it's with dimension with past but experience and looking forward to just waving the cannon flag very high yeah alright guys that was a fully forecast follow him I think all across all social media platforms fully focused yeah fully focused the only one is YouTube it's DJ fully focused but everything else is fully focused all right thank you so much thank you all right guys that is the super talented DJ fully focused with the new hits dimension you guys need to check that out but in the meantime leave a comment down below what is it that you're learning on this interview let us know but also make sure you subscribe if you haven't subscribed just yet thank you so much for watching a buzz with style my good name is miss keep hingey until next time it's goodbye